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The Queen, her children and some of her grandchildren – including Prince William and Prince Harry – are known as the House and Family of Windsor.
However, at school both Harry and William answered to the name “Harry Wales” and “William Wales” and this continued during their service in the British armed forces.
The reason for the name change is not due to public persona, but because their father Prince Charles is the Prince of Wales, and serves as a homage to Charles when the tile “Prince” is not necessary.
Prince George, 5, is not referred to as “His Royal Highness” but as George Cambridge by his teachers and peers, according to school records at Thomas’s in Battersea.
And it is believed Meghan Markle and Harry when they have children will also follow this tradition,
Meghan and Harry’s children likely use the “Sussex” moniker when they start school as their parents are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
When Prince Andrew and Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson married, the Queen made them the Duke and Duchess of York – the same title that once belonged to the Queen’s own father before he became King George VI.
Their two daughters are known as Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York.
In 1960, Her Majesty decreed she and her children continue to be known as the House and Family of Windsor, as would any descendants in line to the throne who enjoy the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince or Princess.
Descendants who do not have that style and title would bear the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, with Moutbatten
Moutbatten is from Prince Philip’s family, while Windsor has been the Royal Family name since 1917, when it was changed from the German, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The Royal Family became known as the House of Windsor in 1917, changing from the previous official title House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They changed their name in response to anti-German sentiment following World War I.
The Queen’s granddaughter Princess Eugenie also has a special meaning behind her full name it has been revealed.
The younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, has three names – Eugenie Victoria Helena.
Eugenie – which means “nobility” in Greek, comes from Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria who went on to become Queen of Spain.
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